NETSTRATEGY(8) Maintenance Procedures NETSTRATEGY(8)

NAME

netstrategy - return network configuration information

SYNOPSIS

/sbin/netstrategy

DESCRIPTION

The netstrategy command determines the network configuration strategy in
use on a system and returns information in a form that is easily
consumable by a script. The command returns three tokens:

<root filesystem type> <primary interface> <network config strategy>


These tokens are described as follows:

<root filesystem type>

Type of filesystem that contains the bootable kernel, as would be
specified in the fstype column of the mnttab(5).


<primary interface>

Name of the primary network interface. For a diskless machine, this
is the interface used to load the kernel.


<network config strategy>

The means by which a system obtains its IP address for booting. This
can be one of rarp, dhcp, or none.


The netstrategy command is not intended for use on a command line.

OPTIONS

The netstrategy command has no options.

EXIT STATUS

0
Success.


!=0
An error occurred.

ATTRIBUTES

See attributes(7) for descriptions of the following attributes:


+--------------------+-----------------+
| ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+--------------------+-----------------+
|Interface Stability | Evolving |
+--------------------+-----------------+

SEE ALSO

mnttab(5), attributes(7), ifconfig(8)


May 5, 2007 NETSTRATEGY(8)